Vocabulary:

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Solution: a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another
Vein: a narrow slab of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock

Outline

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• processes that form minerals
  • crystallization
    • melted
    • dissolved
• minerals from magma
  • beneath Earth's surface
  • above Earth's surface
• minerals from hot water solutions
  • solutions
  • crystallize
  • beneath surface
• minerals formed by evaporation
  • solutions evaporate
• where minerals are formed
  • away from active volcanoes

Diagram

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This is when minerals evaporate from the mid ocean ridge